Need advice on Business entity. Me and my wife are both W2 employees but we have an option to have my wife be a 1099 Contractor for the school she works for. I am reading and trying to determine some benefits of the S...

My husband and I rented out our first home a few years ago to a very good tenant thinking it would be good to have as passive income after we retire. Great schools and good neighborhood in Irmo SC. The original loan w...

So it looks like I'm missing a lease. I rented out two properties together under an old PM company. They leased up a few months apart. Then, a few months later, old PM company got bought out by new PM company. New PM ...

Afternoon folksI passed my real estate exams recently and would like to hang my license with an investor orientated broker in the Tampa/ Hillsborough County area. In other words, I would like to work with a broker who...

Hi BP fellow members. I started investing in RE inOctober 2013 and have 3 long term buy and hold properties I rent out. They are doing well and will keep buying these however I would love to try the vacation rental ro...

I've heard about banks bidding at auctions - would this only be for the sole purpose of raising the bid to try to cover their lien on the property? Otherwise, I don't understand why a bank would send an agent to the ...

So I am finding some houses I am interested in taking a further look at. The problem I have been encountering is finding the owner of the property.  Few of the websites I have came across to track the owner down you h...

Our tenant informed us he has to move out due to deployment.  He will be moving out at the end of September.  A month into his lease he added a roommate.  This roommate could not have qualified on his own, has not pai...

I am just getting started in real estate investing and was hoping to get some more experienced opinions on a potential first deal. I have been learning everything I can from this site over the last few months and this...

First let me thank everyone who contributes to this site, I found a lot of useful tips on here. I just listed my house for rent today and got a very uncommon inquiry. The prospective tenant told me that they are a gro...